Re: Tumbleweed vs 16.0

On 6/24/26 7:24 PM, David C Rankin wrote:
> On 6/24/26 11:06 AM, Jon Cosby via openSUSE Users wrote:
>> Reading comments on the forum, some people are going /months/ between 
>> updates on TW. They say their systems remain stable and they still 
>> have the latest versions of software. I wouldn't recommend this, but 
>> the stress of daily updates on TW might be overblown.
>>
> 
> I'm one of those. Update at 30 or 90 days no problems. I've also used 
> Arch since 2009, so rolling-release isn't something odd or new for me. 
> That said, openSUSE has done an exceptional job with Tumbleweed.
> 
> I have had no problems using it for a daily driver and would have no 
> issue using it for a server.
> 
> TW with the 7.0 kernel is actually lighter on CPU demand than the prior 
> 6.X kernels were (by a couple percent, but very measurable). From a 
> performance side, TW is very good.
> 
> Yes it still has Yast, but it also got selinux Feb 2025, so you will 
> need to make friends with that. I'm still working on that....
> 

(sorry Jon, you get 2 copies....)


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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.